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How much do marks cost?

When the exam season comes, university students whisper in each other’s ears that an envelope with 500,000 dong inside would be enough to buy 10 marks, while 400,000 dong would bring 8 marks .

Vietnamese parents protest handwriting competitions

Both parents and educators believe that there’s no need to spend too much time for students to practice handwriting, saying that in the digital age, there are many other things they need to practice than handwriting.

The public get indignant with sex clip distribution

After a series of video clips featuring fights among schoolgirls, the online community has been surprised by sex clips of schoolgirls. This once again sounds the bell of disillusion of the indulgent lifestyle of a small part of the youth today.

Vietnamese parents don’t know what school to send children to

A lot of parents complain that the education market is now like a “bear garden,” where it is so difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood.

Literature teachers give “prototypes,” students “manufacture” essays

Imitation, not creativeness, is the thing Vietnamese teachers require on their students when they teach how to write compositions. The traditional teaching method has been facing the heavy criticism from parents and radical educational experts.

Students like western style, parents keep fearful

While Vietnamese students feel excited with the new teaching method applied by foreign teachers, their parents, who have generation differences with their children, have expressed their worry that the new method may do more harm than good.